0502-460 - Science Writing

Institution:

Rochester Institute of Technology

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Description:

This course is dedicated to students learning how to reinterpret scientific principles and discoveries for readers of varying expertise. Students will practice reading specialized scientific writing in their own disciplines and in unfamiliar fields, and make sense of it for non-specialist readers. Students will also read popular science writing, and analyze it to learn what works and what doesn't work for particular audiences. In this course, students will gain fluency communicating specialized scientific knowledge to a non-specialist audience; critically read science writing in fields other than their own; analyze what kinds of information, stylistics, and formatting are appropriate for different audiences; understand what is at stake and for whom when scientific information travels; incorporate ethical considerations about scientific information when reading and writing; see science writing as a recursive process; and understand the importance of style in scientific writing; and develop a style of their own. Part of the writing studies concentration and minor and the science writing minor. It may also be taken as an elective (0502-227 or equivalent) Class 4, Credit 4 (offered annually)

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4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.rit.edu/

Phone Number:

(585) 475-2411

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Quarter

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